Chapters from the Life of the Messenger

These audio lessons are a translation of the above book by the famous scholar Ibn Katheer, along with side points discussing the authenticity of the narrations mentioned, as well as other beneficial narrations. An extremely valuable resource given the lack of authentic material on the subject of the life of our beloved Prophet (sallAllaahu’alaihiwasallam).
Translated by Abu Talhah Dawud ibn Ronald Burbank.
All lectures have been uploaded with the permission of the translator.

The distinctive Characteristics of the book ‘Al-Fusool’:

1) The book is divided into two parts:The First Part: The Seerah of the Messengerand his military expeditions.The Second Part: The Signs of his Prophethood, his characteristics, and the thingsparticular to him.
2) This book is not an abridgement of, or an extraction from ‘al-Bidaayah wan-Nihaayah’, but rather it is an independent book that stands on its own merit. Theauthor compiled it from the works of the fine scholars who preceded him.
3) Despite its small size it is replete with information; it is comprehensive andbeneficial.
4) It is simple in its style.
5) It narrates events and occurrences in sequence.
6) Ibn Katheer took benefit from the previous works, but he avoided reports withweak chains of narration. He sometimes mentions them, however, and then drawsattention to them, or he criticizes them. (Taken from the Introduction to the book)